FormuladrillFinishing position
An Excel formula exercise from Formuladrill. Solve it with a formula bar on a live sheet in your browser, and it is checked the moment you submit.
The task
The runners are listed in finishing order. Return the finishing position of the runner named in F1. Answer in F2.
What this exercise teaches
MATCH returns a position, not a value; that is what makes it useful inside INDEX.
A hint if you get stuck
MATCH(value, range, 0) returns the position of an exact match.
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